Captain Therod

"Lorentino?" It was early, the woman in front of me was clearly a member of the Guard (the abysmal powder blue uniform was a big hint).  I was staying in a hotel still, having recently put down too much of my shiny metals to secure some builders (contruction workers are the real criminals after a war, they gouge the crap out of everyone). The woman was tall and broad shouldered though not quite as big as Marian, she had a pistol on her hip (though from the positioning clearly she never used it, way too far back in the holster to be drawn reliably) and a red handled broadsword on her back (the handle was worn the more used weapon), black hair pale complexion, nasty scar running from just under her chin down to her collarbone, like a failed decapitation.

"That's what they call me," Always be polite to people knocking on your door early, especially authority figures who are armed.

"Captain Therod, I'm the leader of the garrison here assigned for city law enforcement."  No hand just a statement.  She had a name tag that said Therod over her left breast, but it looked newly sewn on, as did the marks of captain she wore.

"Pleasure to meet you Captain, just introducing yourself to everyone?"

"You marked on your citizenship papers you consider yourself a powerful magic user." Naturally the guy did warn me I was subject to stricter enforcement.

"Numerically I believe I said five, but to be perfectly honest I don't think thats a fair accounting of my skills." Yeah I was bragging I'll admit.

"I'm here to warn you that magic is strictly forbidden in the offensive terms, if you use it to harm another you are subject to summary execution, understood?" She had tensed, I got the feeling she was prepared for the summary execution part more so than I would have liked.

"Understood Captain, but what if I have to use my magic in self defense are their no provisions for that?"

"Your defense is carried out by the Guard Mr. Lorentino, should you feel threatened we will have a precence in the city."

"Delightful, and will the Guard continue to use military officers to run their law enforcement? Or will you turn that over to civlians at some point?"

"Good day Mr. Lorentino." She, didn't turn to even address my question, which in a way was an answer; clearly a no. That would be the first of several encounters with Captain Therod who did not like me and wanted that to be known immediately, she suspected I was a bad person and only sought to harm everyone I was involved with.  Completely a lie, I only seek to harm half the people I'm involved with and only the half that deserves it!